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Pagina 14
... possessed , the general aspect of druidical knowledge and attainment , appears to be at the first blush so very inferior to the details we possess of the astronomical knowledge of Pythagoras , that it is to the last degree improbable ...
... possessed , the general aspect of druidical knowledge and attainment , appears to be at the first blush so very inferior to the details we possess of the astronomical knowledge of Pythagoras , that it is to the last degree improbable ...
Pagina 15
... possessed this knowledge . 6. The modern knowledge of the ancient state of the earth as to climate , obviates the necessity of confining ourselves to Eastern Asia and the latitudes of 40-45 ° . Baillie's speculations , adopted from ...
... possessed this knowledge . 6. The modern knowledge of the ancient state of the earth as to climate , obviates the necessity of confining ourselves to Eastern Asia and the latitudes of 40-45 ° . Baillie's speculations , adopted from ...
Pagina 20
... possessed by the ancients , will not surprise any one who has seen the learned work of M. Duten , Sur les Decouvertes des Anciens attribuès aux Modernes . It is rather remarkable that he has overlooked this instance of the mariner's ...
... possessed by the ancients , will not surprise any one who has seen the learned work of M. Duten , Sur les Decouvertes des Anciens attribuès aux Modernes . It is rather remarkable that he has overlooked this instance of the mariner's ...
Pagina 22
... possessed perhaps , of as much taste as the Greeks , but of far more knowledge and skill . It is to these men we owe the Cathedral of Strasburgh , the Minster of York , the Cathedrals of Westminster and Winchester , and the other most ...
... possessed perhaps , of as much taste as the Greeks , but of far more knowledge and skill . It is to these men we owe the Cathedral of Strasburgh , the Minster of York , the Cathedrals of Westminster and Winchester , and the other most ...
Pagina 29
... possessed or pre- tended to all the astronomical knowledge obtainable at the time , is a part of their history well settled . The notation of Emreis we have added . See Mr. Higgins ' appendix , pp . 308-309 , for several proofs of a ...
... possessed or pre- tended to all the astronomical knowledge obtainable at the time , is a part of their history well settled . The notation of Emreis we have added . See Mr. Higgins ' appendix , pp . 308-309 , for several proofs of a ...
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Pagina 156 - ... her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power; both angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all ,with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Pagina 160 - ... outward shape, the unpolluted temple of the mind, and turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, till all be made immortal.
Pagina 463 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.
Pagina 456 - Art thou called being a servant '( care not for it : but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Pagina 257 - Of old hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth : And the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure : Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; As a vesture shalt THOU change them, and they shall be changed : But THOU art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Pagina 321 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy...
Pagina 332 - ... though I were sure I should have spoken only to trees and stones; and had none to cry to but with the prophet, "O earth, earth, earth!
Pagina 457 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Pagina 213 - Hunter's pithy remark is quoted, "some physiologists will have it, that the stomach is a mill, others, that it is a fermenting vat, others, again, that it is a stew-pan; but, in my view of the matter, it is neither a mill, a fermenting vat nor a stew-pan ; but a stomach, gentlemen, a stomach.
Pagina 355 - It is the sinfullest thing in the world to forsake or destitute a plantation once in forwardness; for besides the dishonour, it is the guiltiness of blood of many commiserable persons.